Why we look backwards

I had a thought I thought I would share regarding why well tend to look backwards instead of forwards in our lives. Think it has a loot to do with patience. We often do not have the patience to wait for our future and instead we retreat to our past, assuming we have already had our best time, best moments, and best loves. I wonder what would happen if we took a leap of faith in God that we have our best days still in front of us. For a believing Christian, it is contrary to the faith to believe anything else, for if you were told you had two weeks to live and your death was to be filled with suffering, you have the promise of eternal life waiting for you; your best days are still ahead. Even when speaking in the context of this life, why do we not have the patience to think of those things yet to come and take the leap of faith that there is still much joy and happiness ahead of us? It may be our unwillingness to do this that prevents of finding our blessed futures. Yes, I'm thinking about these things because I'm currently going through life changes which are full of uncertainty and will require patience, but I hope to have my eyes towards the road ahead of me and not the road behind. This is my prayer.

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